Dealing With "Argument list too long" Errors on Linux and Unix

Courtesy Linux Today  Tue, 12/02/2008 - 14:31

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Here's a question that gets asked a lot (and, consequently, answered a lot ;) on the boards.

How do you go about dealing with a situation in which you're trying to take care of some business on your Linux or Unix box and you get stopped with the "Argument list too long" error message?"


 

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